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Cary, Anthony
Cornwallis, Charles
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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-26
ADM/A/1772/288
Warrant for the appointment of Nathaniel Ball to be Master Gunner of the new 4th Rate Ship building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-20
ADM/A/1772/322
Warrant for the appointment of Thomas Legg to be Master Gunner of the EDGAR.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-02
ADM/A/1773/3
You are directed to consider what vessels should be built to be employed in towing their Majesties ships up and down the Medway, upon any occasion when the wind is contrary. Give your opinion to this Board and also an estimate of the charge of building.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-27
ADM/A/1772/310
Warrant for the appointment of Michael Lee to be Master Carpenter of the WARSPITE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-03-10
ADM/A/1828/107
Give an account to the Board what Officers execute their respective employments by Deputy's together with their names and details of their warrants.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-25
ADM/A/1772/282
Warrant for the appointment of Charles Moody to be Master Gunner of the new 4th Rate Ship building at Woolwich.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-02-26
ADM/A/1772/286
Warrant for the appointment of Ralph Pettit to be Purser of the new 4th Rate Ship building at Chatham.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-01
ADM/A/1826/26
The Hired Ships, NEW-AFRICA and UNITY to be cleaned and refitted at Plymouth for a foreign convoy, and victualled for four months.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-03
ADM/A/1796/23
We direct you to sign Bills on the Navy Treasurer for paying Captain Bibb, Commander of the JAMES GALLY, the allowance directed to be made for the Guns and Tonnage of two French Privateers, taken by the JAMES GALLY, one of twenty Guns and one of eighteen, and which are now in service with their Maje…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-01
ADM/A/1796/1
In your letter to this Board of May 23rd last you informed us that Mr Winter of Southampton offers to build in that River one of the third Rates appointed to be built by Act of Parliament, at the same Price he had for the last.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-02
ADM/A/1796/15
We direct you to cause the House at the Navy Office inhabited by Sir John Ashby, Comptroller of the Storekeepers' Accounts, to be appointed for the accommodation of Thomas Willshaw Esq; who now executes that employment.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-02
ADM/A/1796/11
In your letter of December 31st last you informed us that the Ship called the ROYAL GEORGE, lying in Mr Shish's Dock in the River Thames, is in a very good condition, and that she may be got ready in about three week's time.…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-06-02
ADM/A/1796/19
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure signified to this Board by the Earl of Nottingham, we direct you to allow of an Anchor lately furnished by the Deal Storekeeper to one of the Machine Ships which came from Holland, in place of one which she had lost, taking care that that the value thereof…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-01-08
ADM/A/1780/45
We direct you to cause an allowance of eleven pounds ten shillings to be made to Sir Francis Wheeler, as disbursed by him in procuring Men for the ALBEMARLE.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-24
ADM/A/1795/291
Warrant appointing Edward Barker to be Master Carpenter GRANADA Bomb vessel. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-28
ADM/A/1824/331
The BONADVENTURE hired ship to be surveyed at the a Nore, and report most convenient port for her refit.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-27
ADM/A/1795/301
The ANTELOPE has been found in so poor condition at Deptford that instructions are given for her to be sold.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-31
ADM/A/1795/306
Warrant appointing William Southerland to be Master Carpenter of the CAMBRIDGE in place of his Father Alexander Southerland who has been superannuated. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-29
ADM/A/1824/343
Cause the fifteen men discharged from the ROYAL CATHERINE from to be entered the BIDDEFORD from the time they were discharged.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-30
ADM/A/1824/347
Settle a pension on Gregory Cornish as Master of 4th Rates
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-31
ADM/A/1795/269
Admirals are still complaining that insufficient beer has been delivered to the Fleet. Immediate action and a report are required.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-10-25
ADM/A/1824/311
Pay Edward Belchamber as Marshall for the time he has served in that employment on the Medway and at the Nore.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-30
ADM/A/1795/281
Petition of John Howe in which he asks for payment of monies he claims are due to him. Appended is an Instruction to the Navy Board asking for an opinion and report.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1693-05-31
ADM/A/1795/283
Warrant appointing Mathew Richards to be Master Gunner of the SERPENT Bomb vessel. Countersigned by James Southerne, Admiralty Board Secretary.
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